The country was partitioned into the communist North and nationalist South, with national elections to determine a final outcome. This loss, the French declared a cease-fire and withdrew from Vietnam. aid did not materialize at the crucial moment, and the French were crushed by the Viet Minh at Dienbienphu in May 1954.
Feeling that French control of Vietnam was the last wedge against the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, the United States assured the French that every resource, except for American combat troops and nuclear weapons, would be at their disposal. This aid increased dramatically after Chinese communist insurgency leader Mao Zedong (Tse-tung) won a substantial victory that same year and proclaimed the People’s Republic of China. As the war continued between the French and Vietnamese, the United States granted aid to the French. Secretary of State Dean Acheson abandoned any thoughtful research into the issue, stating that Ho Chi Minh was an “outright Commie” because he “fails to unequivocally repudiate Moscow connection and Commie doctrine” (Acheson in Young, p. State Department feared yet another communist regime in Asia and began looking into how devout a communist Ho Chi Minh was and how strong his connections to the Soviet Union were. Later that year, French attempts to reassert control in the north sparked an all-out war for independence. Elections in 1946 brought Ho Chi Minh a landslide victory over conservative opponents in northern Vietnam. Led by Ho Chi Minh, the Viet Minh was a coalition of nationalists and communists united against the French. Events in History at the Time the Novel Takes Place The Vietnam WarĪmerican concern over Vietnam began in the 1940s, when the French colonial powers, who had held the Southeast Asian land since the nineteenth century, began to experience resistance from Viet Minh revolutionaries. The novel’s descriptions of the interactions among soldiers and the long periods of inactivity they experience are based on its author’s own military background.
He created the novel Fallen Angels as a tribute to his younger brother, who was killed in the Vietnam War. After returning to civilian life and to Harlem, Myers began writing books for young adults. He proceeded to join the army at the age of seventeen. In his third year of high school, Myers realized that he would not be able to attend college for financial reasons. Walter Dean Myers was born on August 12, 1937, and after his mother died during his infancy, he was raised by family friends in Harlem, New York. A young-adult novel set in war-torn Vietnam in 1967 published in 1988.Ī seven teen-year-old African American learns about (ife and death while serving as an infantry soldier in the jungles of Vietnam.Įvents in History at the Time the Novel Takes PlaceĮvents in History at the Time the Novel Was Written
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